Siberian
Environmental Center
P.O. Box 547, Novosibirsk
Russia, 630090
+7-383-363-00-59
savemanul@mail.ru

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Last updated:
January 25, 2008

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PROJECTS News and Events

September 1 - October 30
The informational posts and booklets on Pallas' Cat were developed and published (sponsored by the Eric Hosking Trust). They are supposed to distribute among the local people who live in places which Pallas' cats inhabit (mainly in Altai, Buryatia, Tyva Republics and Chita region)

August 1 - October 1
The project "Pallas Cat: Investigation for Saving (Clarifying Conservation Status in Russia)" has been finished and summed up. See Project report ››

February 15 - 28, 2007
Pallas Cats were surveyed in the south part of Buryatia (steppes situated in the middle Selenga river and its tributaries the Jida, Khilok, Chikoi and Tugnui). Researchers from NGOs and Game Agency of Buryatia took part in this work. See about expedition to Buryatia ››

December 12 - 25, 2006
Pallas Cats in the south-eastern Altai in the Chuya Steppe (Kosh-Agach district, Altai Republic, Russia) were surveyed. The territory investigated included the valleys of the Ulandryk, Yustyd, etc. The research team was consisted of specialists from NGO Siberian Environmental Center (Novosibirsk), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and 1 volunteer. Also local people (herdsmen, hunters, etc.) were interviewed. See about expedition to Altai ››

July 15 - August 1, 2006
The cluster "Adon-Chelon" of Daursky nature reserve (Chita region, Russia) was investigated. The researchers from the reserve and Project's members observed outcrops and other suitable places in order to find Pallas cat's dens and Pallas cats (manuls). They found old dens and scats only. One day Pallas cat's family - the female with 3 kittens - has been met. The cats occupied the outcrop in the west part of the cluster as a temporary den. The researchers was planning to catch manul in order to start radiotelemetry research. But the attempt to do it was unsuccessful and was put off till snowy season.

August 15 - October 1, 2006
The territories and terms of winter surveys were outlined. The entering map and other data including results of interviews done during the project "Save the Manul: Initial Step" (2005) to GIS project was started.

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